This year-long course taught by Rabbi Drorah Setel is an exploration of Judaism as an adult tradition and practice. It is intended both for those new to Judaism and those who would like a more contemporary and nuanced understanding of Jewish experience. Each class will combine historical, spiritual, and visual sources for study. Participants may take Unit 1, Unit 2 or both as desired.

The course will be offered Sundays from 10:00 - 11:00 am.

Unit 1 beginning

Judaism or Jewishness? A religion, race, ethnicity or all of the above and more?

In The Beginning: The Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Israel

By the Waters of Babylon: Diaspora and Return

Paradise is in the Sages: The Talmud and Rabbinic Judaism

Philosophers and Mystics: Medieval Jews in Muslim Lands

In the Shadow of the Cross: Medieval Jews in Christian Lands

The Emergence of Modernity: Judaism becomes a Religion.

To Bigotry No Sanction; To Persecution No Assistance: Jews in the United States